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t he number of polled vikingholstein
bulls
is con- stantly growing and so is their genetic level. 10% of purchased
bulls
the last year have been polled and the homozygotic polled (pp: 100% polled off- spring) are starting to show up also at high level. the av- erage ntm of the purchased polled
bulls
is gntm +33. great genetic level among polled vikingholstein
bulls
navn far morfar gntm vh laval p louxor powerball +31 vh mixpprc mission rcp powerball +19 vh mep red mission rcp brekem +24 vh monty p milford p balisto +29 vh arrow p adagio p ocean pp +25 vh perth p pledge powerball +26 vh comxa p commander xacobeo +13 vh snoozp style p saleen +25 vh bill p vh bosman parker p +21 vh mandy p milford p anton +19 vh sebeo p superhero style p +22 vh phil p vh pogba p rodgers +22 vh liege p lemon p go now rc +17 tabel 1. available polled vikingholstein
bulls
(rc = red carrier, p = 50% of the offspring become hornless, pp = 100% of the offspring become hornless) vh mixpprc with gntm +19, gives 100 % hornless offspring (pp), and is red carrier. germany goes ?healthy? t he april
index
run of germany announced an in- teresting change in their focus. germany intro- duced a new overall health
index
and are next in line to see the value of cost reduction also from a breed- ing perspective ? a focus that the nordic countries and vikinggenetics have had for over 40 years. rzhealth, as the new
index
is called, is a combina- tion of udder health, hoof health, reproduction and met- abolic diseases. ranking when looking at the ranking of
bulls
on this
index
it is quite clear that vikingholstein occupies a unique
top
po- sition. the
top
list is dominated by vikingholstein
bulls
with vh bradoc (vh blush x vh bynke) the leader. as shown in table 1, 12 of the
top
15 are from viking genetics. one sub
index
looks like this; ? udder health: 7 of the
top
15
bulls
are from vikinggenetics, with vh oonsun (vh optimal x rodgers) no. 1 and vh bradoc close behind ? hoof health: vh oxel (vh op x d orange) is the no. 1 ? reproduction: 7 of the
top
15
bulls
are from vikinggenetics with a shared no. 1 position between vh best (vh bliss x vh salomon), vh bradoc and vh gaucho (vh griffin x vh peder). components besides this new focus on health, they have also added extra weighting to components. here too, the viking- holstein
bulls
are impressively placed. ? fat%
index
: 5 of the
top
10
bulls
are from vikinggenetics with vh faur (fageno x vh grafit) and vh gambler (vh grate x vh lyrik) as no. 2 and 3 ? protein %
index
: 7 of the
top
15
bulls
are from vikinggenetics with vh rulerrc (red power x vh goblin), vh gambler and vh faur as no. 1, 2 and 3. vh bradoc. 24 vikingnews | september 2019
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